Strand end attacher for a spinning reel



Jan. 27, 1959 T. F. SARAH 2,870,977

STRAND END ATTACHER FOR A SPINNING REEL Original Filed March 1. 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v as |s FIG 3 mmvrox ATTORN EYS Jan. 27, 1959 T. F. SARAH 2,870,977

STRAND END ATTACHER FOR A SPINNING REEL Original Filed March 1, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR. THOMAS F SARAH ATTORNEYS 2,870,977 Patented Jan. 27, :1959

END, ATTACHER FOR A SPINNING REEL Thomas F. Sarah, Akron, Ohio, assignor to The Enterprise Manufacturing Company, Akron, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio STRAN D 4 Claims. or. 242-4252 The invention relates generally to spinning reels used slidable on spool shaft 14.

The real housing shown fragmentarily at 11 is also carried on the spool shaft 14, and suitable means (not 7 2 v 7 shown) are provided in the reel housing for driving the tubular shaft 35 to rotate the carrier 27.

Means are also, provided to reciprocate the carrier as it rotates to level wind the line on the spool. The carrier mounts the pick-up arm or loop 28, one end of which has a ball joint 33 universally mounted in a socket member 39 on the carrier. The other end of loop 28 is connected to a line guide bracket 41 mounted on a pivot arm 42 journaled on the shank of a pivot screw 43 around which is mounted a torsion spring 45 urging the arm 23 to its line guiding position shown in Fig. 1. The bracket 41 is preferablyprovided with a suitable roller over which the line passes to the spool. i

in the casting position the arm 28 is swung through 15 180 to an out-of-the-way position, so that as the line in fishing, and more particularly to improvements in the is cast the line peels off the stationary spool over the spool onwhich the fishing line is wound. This applicacurved lip 13 of its front flange 19, and when crank tion is a division of my copending application Serial No. handle of the reel is turned to wind in the line, the spring 412,988,filed March 1, 1954, now patent No. 2,755,037. 45 snaps the arm 28 to the positionof Fig. lwhere it In usingspinning reels, it is highly desirable to employ engages. theincoming line and guides it onto the roller several spools having lines of different weight wound in the line guide bracket ll. thereon, and to change spools to suit ,different conditions. i The front flange 19 ofthe spool is preferably mounted The reel should be constructed so that the spools can be at its central portion on a hub bushing 20 which extends changed quickly and easily. When a spool is being forwardly around the shaft 14 and has i an external changed or is not in use, provision should be made to threaded portion 2lbetween its outer end and the spool prevent the linefrom unwinding from the spool, especially flange 19. A pin 22 keys or splines the spool to the shaft, since the nylon type of line which is currentlypopular t shank of the P n eXtendillg into a keyway 23 in shaft has added resiliency which increases its tendency to 14 and th h ad of the pin extending into a slot 24 in the unwind. hub of the spool.

7 Prior devices for holding the line from unwinding have A quick rel ase out 50 is provided for securing the been inconvenient and awkward to use, and cause undue $9001 611 Shaft 14 in adjusted 1 relative the line wear on the line. I i guide bracket 41. The nut Ellis preferably made of a it is an object of the present invention to provide a plastic material and has a skirt flange 51 which resiliently novel line fastening device on the spool which is easily engages the from fiangflw 0f the 9 as Shown in operated to hold the line from unwinding at any time, ,as b y, ihfiiinut 59 has metal insert bushing 52 h h p l i m d from h l or Whgn h molded therein which has an internal thread53' screwed reel including the spool is removed from the rod on which Q {ha FOItiOII 21 bushing all. The insert b11$hingi52 i i n'lgunigd. i t is cup-shaped and its base has a tapered annular surface i a other bj are li d b i S l normally positioned at the outer end of bushing 21. proveinents comprising the present invention, a preferred 40 A Spl Snapring 55 is located Within the rfa 54 and embodiment of which is illustrated by way of examplein has a diameter Such that when released the @Ting Will the accompanying drawing and described in detail in 1 3 the annular Space Within h insert bushing 52 the following specification. Various modifications and the large and of the surfaw 54, in which Posififlll g changes in details of construction are intended to be (1965 m engage h 813001 Shaft 3 h wn iH Fig. 3- ,within, the scope of the invention as defined in the apwhen the nut is screwed mwardly on the bushing 20, pndedclain-ls t the, tapered surface 54 abuts and compresses the ring R fgn-in to e r s; to cause it to engage the shaft 14. A series of annular Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional view of a spinning f 561's P d on the f the shaft to retain reel embodying the improved Spool constructign; m the ring SGI fC ClIVBIY, in several positions along the shaft, i l igfil is an enlargedfragmentary sectional view showan SG SCTeWfld through ifi 0f the nu m the spool held on the Shaft by a novel quick release and bushing 52 abuts the end of the shaft to return the nut; spool to the same adjusted position relative to the line Fig.3 is a similar view with the nut in released position; guide bracket i Fig. 4- is an enlarged fragmentary elevation looking to- 55 h the SP0)1 16 mounted on the shaft 14 as Shown Ward the rim of the in Fig 1, the nut Si) is screwedon the bushing 20 with i 5 i a semifinal View o line 5 Figs 4 and 6; the slnrt flange 51 resiliently engaging the front flange 19 and i and the tapered surface54 compressing the ring 55 into i 6 is a Sectional View on fi g Fig. engagement with one of the grooves 56, so that withdrawal The type of reel shown in Fig. l is disclosed in my of l 19 Prevented by engagement of th a d f application Serial No. 371,385, filed July 30, 1953 and bushmem Wlth the The Set scl'fiw is Screwed in entitled Spinning Reel, now Patent No. 2,713,463. As to b thfi end of Shaft When it is desired to disclosed in said application, the reel has a spool shaft move the S1300} one turn of the nut allows the g 14 whichcarries the spool 16 having an inner skirt flange 5 to expand Into the annular PI the large end of 25 which is telescopically received within the outer antapered l shown and the spool nular flange 26 of a Cayrim. or fiyer 27 which carries with nut 50 still attached to bushing 20 can be removed pick-up arm or bale 2h. The carrier 27 preferably has bodlly from the shaft- 7 a re-entrant conical base 30 which is seated in a bushing To replace the W 16 it is y n ssary to enter the 32 d h b hi i secured b a nut 33 on the f o t shank of pin 22 into the keyway in shaft 14 and slide d f t b l d i h ft 35 hi h i t bl an the bushing 20 and the nut 50 aifixed thereto over the shaft until the spool reaches the desired position, whereupon one full term of the nut 50 will compress the ring into a groove 56, and bring the set screw into abutment with the position of the spool on the shaft, the set screw 57 is partly unscrewed and the nut 50 unscrewed one turn, whereupon the spool can be moved along the shaft to position the ring over a different groove, the nut tightened and the set screw adjusted to its new position.

Accordingly, a fisherman may carry several spools, each with a different weight line, for his spinning reel, and each spool will include a quick release nut 50 which has been previously adjusted by adjusting the set screw 57 to locate the spool in proper position on the shaft to effect accurate level winding of the line on the spool. Thus, the several spools can be quickly removed and replaced merely by turning the nut one full turn and each spool will always be locked in the same relative position on the shaft. Since the nut always remains with its spool, there are no loose parts to become lost.

The novel line fastening device is applied to the inner skirt flange of the spool, and preferably near the inner side of said flange so that it is exposed at all times except 4 when the skirt flange is completely telescoped within the carrier 27 at one end of the reciprocatory stroke of the carrier, which produces the level winding of the line on the spool. As indicated in Fig. 6, the line fastening device includes a rivet 60 slidably mounted in the flange 25, and if the rivet should be covered by the flange 26 of the carrier, a slight turn on the crank handle of the reel will retract the carrier and expose the head 61 of the rivet.

The head 61 of the rivet is seated in a recess 62 in the flange 25, and the recess merges with a groove 63 extending along the inner side of the rivet, the bottom of the groove being substantially tangent to the inner circumference of the skirt flange 25.

The rivet head is yieldingly urged against the bottom of the recess by a flat spring 64 engaged behind the upset flange 65 on the inner end of the rivet 60. Preferably, the spring extends substantially parallel to the groove 63, and its ends resiliently engage the inner circumference of the skirt flange 25.

The bottom surface of the groove 63 is below the bottom surface of the recess 62 and the two surfaces are connected by an inclined surface 66. Thus, when the head 61 of the rivet is seated on the bottom of the recess 62 by the spring, as indicated in Fig. 6, the fishing line can be easily laid in the groove 63 and then drawn upwardly over the inclined surface to engage the line under the rivet head, and prevent the line from unwinding. The tension of spring 64 is such that a lateral pull on the line will release it from the head 61.

It will be seen that the novel line fastening device is adapted for quickly fastening the end of the line which is wound on the spool, to hold'the line while the spool is 4 removed from the reel, or when the reel is removed from the rod, or at any time when it is desired to prevent the line from unwinding from the spool. Fastening the line does not require detaching the spool and does not chafe or cut the line.

What is claimed is:

1. A spool construction for a fishing reel comprising a hub and a rear skirt flange, said flange having a recess in its outer periphery, a rivet slidable through said flange and having a head, means within said flange yieldingly seating said head in said recess, and said flange having a groove extending alongside the rivet head and merging with the recess for guiding a portion of fishing line under said head as the line is pulled from said groove toward said head.

2. A spool construction for a fishing reel comprising a hub and a rear skirt flange, said flange having a recess in its outer periphery, a rivet slidable throughsaid flange and having a head, means within said flange yieldingly seating said head in said recess, said flange having a groove extending alongside the rivet head, and a sloping wall connecting the groove with the recess for guiding a portion of fishing line under said head as the line is pulled from said groove toward said head.

3. A spool construction for a fishing reel comprising a hub and a rear skirt flange, said flange having a recess in its outer periphery, a rivet slidable through said flange and having a head, means within said flange yieldingly seating said head in said recess, and said flange having a groove extending alongside and merging with said recess for receiving and guiding a portion of fishing line under said head as the line is pulled toward said head, the'bottom of said groove being substantially tangential to the inner circumference of said flange.

4. A spool construction for a fishing reel comprising a hub and a rear skirt flange, said flange having a recess in its outer periphery, a rivet slidable through said flange and having a head, means within said flange yieldingly seating saidhead in said recess, said flange having a groove the bottom of which extends substantially tangential to the inner circumference of said flange, and an inclined surface connecting said groove and recess for guiding a portion of fishing line from said groove under said head as the line is pulled toward said head.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,025,890 Payne Dec. 31, 1935 2,706,096 Rufle Apr. 12, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 961,023 France Novi 14, 1949 

